Stove



April 1940= s. F. CAUDILL 2,197 97 STOVE Filed Aug. 11, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 J 2 Ir wentor 1 mm. Attorneyf.-

A 16, 1940. CAUD |LL STOVE Filed Aug. 11, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor S. Ff'zzwaz 'ZZ 9 By @Mm Attorneys Patented A r. 1a 1940 UNiTED STATES PATENT trio-E 1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in stoves and the particular object in View is to provide an inexpensive, practical and portable stove adapted for burning coke and for use in heating tobacco barns and the like in curing tobacco.

To the accomplishment of the above, and subordinate objects presently appearing, a preferred embodiment of my invention has been illustrated in the accompanying drawings, set forth in detail in the succeeding description, and defined in the claim appended hereto.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation,

Figure 3 is a view in transverse section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure I looking downwardly and drawn to an enlarged scale,

Figure 4 is a view in'vertical section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows and drawn to an enlarged scale,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view in top plan of the casing of the stove.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, in the illustrated embodiment thereof, my improved stove comprises a cylindrical casing I, of suitable metal, preferably steel, designed to rest on any selected support, such as a floor, in up-ended position and having an open bottom end 2 pro vided with a front square cut-out .3 extending upwardly from the bottom edge of the'casing for a short distance to provide a lower doorway in said casing. A pair of vertical guides 4 are provided at opposite sides of the cut-out3, or .doorway, respectively. A suitable door 5 of sheet metal is slidably mounted at opposite edgesthereof in said guides 4, with a friction fit in said guides, whereby the door may be adjusted to different set positions in said guides. The door 5 is provided with a forwardly extending handgrip 5' for use in raising and lowering the same.

Immediately above the cut-out, or doorway, 3 a disk-like metal grate 6 is provided in the casing 'I, said grate having formed therein draft apertures I. The grate 6 is rotatably supported in the casing l by means of brackets 8 suitably secured to the inner wall of. the casing and upon which said gate loosely rests. A radial edge lug 9 on said grate 6 extending through a circumferential slot I0 provided in the casing I forms a handgrip by means of which the grate may be oscillated to shake the same.

A particular feature of my invention is a combination closure and heat spreader plate II, prefof the plate II for manipulating the same.

erably of circular form and larger diameter than that of the casing, surmounting the open top of the casing I horizontally and mounted on the latter for vertical adjustment toward and from said top and. also for swinging movement edgewise to clear the top all for a purpose presently seen. The plate II may be formed of any suitable material suchas sheet metal.

The mounting for the plate II comprises a slide rod I2 depending from the under side of said plate and suitably secured at its upper end thereto, and a pair of vertically spaced eye-like lugs I3 provided on the rear side of the casing I adjacent the top thereof in laterally extending position and in which said rod I2 may be extended for The rod I2 and lugs I3 may besecured to the plate II and easing I in any desired manner. A hand grip such as shown at M is provided on top As best shown in Figures 1 and 4 the rod I2 is secured to said plate I I in eccentric relation to the axis of. the plate such that the latter may be swung about the axis of the rod into concentric heat laterally from said top. By swinging theplate I I it can be moved from a position over the stove to a position to one side thereof, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, so that fuel can be placed in the stove and when the fuel has been placed in the stove the plate is turned back to its original position to diffuse and spread the heat. By lowering or raising the plate it acts as a damper or draft control. As will be understood, since the slide rod I2 is disposed eccentrically of. the plate II, the latter in any position thereof over-balances the rod It in the lugs I3 causing said rod to bind in said lugs so that the plate is thereby held in any adjusted position. When it is desired to load the stove, the plate II may be swung to clear the top of the casing I for convenient access thereto.

The elements 26 are handgrips on the casing I for lifting the same and need merely be mentioned inpassing. The door 5 is used for regu lating the draft.

The foregoingwill, it is believed, suffice to impart a clear understanding of my invention without further explanation.

10 end and edgewise swinging movement into and from surmounting relation thereto comprising a. slide rod depending from said plate eccentrically thereof, and a pair of apertured guide lugs extending laterally from said casing in vertically spaced relation, said rod being slidable and rotatable in said'lugs, said plate over-balancing said rod in said lugs to cause the rod to bind in the lugs and thereby frictionally hold the plate in adjusted position.

SANFORD FORREST CAUDILL. 

